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Annex Three
Sources of Help and Information

This Annex does not attempt to include all sources of help and information. Most of the references listed here relate to initiatives mentioned in the text of the strategy.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Contact: Sustainable Construction Team, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU Telephone: 020 7944 3000 Internet: http://www.dti.gov.uk/construction Free DETR leaflets and publicity material are available from: DETR Free Literature PO Box 236 Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7NB (Tel: 0870 1226236, fax 0870 1226 237) The Stationery Office Publications can be ordered from any good bookseller, or from: The Stationery Office Ltd Publications Centre PO Box 276 London SW8 5DT (Tel. 020 7873 9090, fax 020 7873 8200)

DETR Sponsored Initiatives

CONSTRUCTION BEST PRACTICE PROGRAMME

Supported by DETR and the Construction Industry Board. Raises awareness of the benefits of best practice in management and business process and signposts sources of help and advice to give organisations and individuals the knowledge and skills to implement change.

PO Box 147, Bucknalls Lane, Garston, Watford,
WD2 7RE, Telephone: 0845 605 5556, Fax: 01923 664690,
Internet: http://www.cbpp.org.uk
E-mail: pmu@cbpp.org.uk

DESIGN ADVICE SERVICE

Provides professional, independent and objective advice on the energy-efficient and environmentally conscious design of new buildings and refurbishment projects. Clients are offered a one-day consultancy on their chosen building project. Consultancy is available for designs with a minimum floor area of 500 square metres.

The Design Advice Service, Building Research Establishment,
Garston, Watford, WD2 7JR Telephone: 01923 664258, Fax: 01923 664787
Internet: http://www.bre.co.uk/brecsu
E-mail: DesignAdvice@bre.co.uk

ENERGY EFFICIENCY BEST PRACTICE PROGRAMME

Provides impartial, authoritative information on energy efficiency techniques and technologies in buildings. (Industrial processes are covered in a separate sub-programme.) Information is intended mainly, though not exclusively, for architects, building services engineers, designers and facilities managers. Works closely with professional bodies including Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers, Royal Institute of British Architects and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

BRECSU, Building Research Establishment,
Garston, Watford, WD2 7JR, Telephone: 01923 664258, Fax: 01923 664748
Internet: http://www.bre.co.uk/brecsu/
E-mail: brecsuenq@bre.co.uk

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY BEST PRACTICE PROGRAMME

Provides free advice and guidance for businesses on implementing cost-effective measures to improve environmental performance by reducing waste at source. The ETBPP produces audited case studies of a wide range of companies that have already reduced wastes and saved money. Particularly serves smaller businesses.

Helpline: 0800 585 794 (UK businesses only)
Fax: 01235 463804
Internet: http://www.etbpp.gov.uk

PROPERTY ADVISORY GROUP

Advises Government on land, property and development issues. The Group's membership reflects a wide range of backgrounds and expertise in the property world.

Secretariat: DETR, Zone 3/G10, Eland House,
Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DU
Telephone: 020 7944 5557

STANDARD ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE

A labelling system which provides a simple, reliable indication of the energy efficiency of a home, allowing different ones to be easily compared. The SAP 80+ initiative was launched in November 1995 to encourage housebuilders to produce, and market effectively, dwellings with a SAP rating of 80 or more. A revised SAP 1998 is the energy rating method approved for the purposes of demonstrating compliance with Part L of the Building Regulations from 1 July 1999.

Copies of 'The Government's SAP for Energy Rating of Dwellings - 1998 Edition' are available free from the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme (see above)

Construction Industry Initiatives

BREEAM

A tool for quantifying the environmental effects of buildings.

BREEAM Office, Centre for Sustainable Construction, Building Research Establishment,
Garston, Watford, WD2 7JR
Telephone: 01923 664462, Fax: 01923 664103
Internet: http://www.products.bre.co.uk/breeam
E-mail: breeam@bre.co.uk

CONSIDERATE CONSTRUCTORS SCHEME

Administered by the Construction Confederation on behalf of the Construction Industry Board. The scheme helps site operators to be socially responsible and act as good neighbours. Participating constructors have to adhere to a comprehensive eight point code of considerate practice. In return companies benefit from promoting the spread of best practice and improved public relations.

Considerate Constructors Scheme, PO Box 75,
Great Amwell, Ware, SG12 9UY
Telephone/Fax: 01920 872837
Internet: http://www.thecc.co.uk
E-mail: considerate.constructors@dial.pipex.com

ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILES

Provides a methodology for comparing the environmental performance of materials, components and systems. Other products presently being developed will combine the data available for profiling with assessment methods into software tools, which designers and specifiers will be able to use for instant assessment of the impacts of building designs. The Profiles method was developed from a DETR-sponsored project in which more than 20 construction materials representative bodies participated.

Centre for Sustainable Construction, Building Research Establishment, Garston, Watford, WD2 7JR
Telephone: 01923 664462, Fax: 01923 664084
Internet: http://www.bre.co.uk/envprofiles/
E-mail: edwardss@bre.co.uk

Other useful information

TRANSPORT PLANS FOR BUSINESS

'Changing journeys to work: an employers' guide to green commuting plans 1997'

Sets out the various stages of implementing plans.

Obtainable from Transport 2000.
Telephone: 020 7388 8386, Fax: 020 7388 2481

SOCIAL AND ETHICAL BUSINESS

New Deal for Young People - as part of the Government's welfare to work strategy.
Telephone: 0845 606 0680
Internet: http://www.newdeal.gov.uk

The Ethical Trading Initiative
Telephone: 020 7831 8677 Fax: 020 7405 5943
Internet: http://www.ethicaltrade.org
E-mail: eti@eti.org.uk

Global Citizenship Unit
Telephone: 020 7270 2670 Fax: 020 7270 3443

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING

'Getting Started' and 'Guidelines for company reporting on greenhouse gas emissions'
Telephone: 020 7944 6568 Fax: 020 7944 6559
Internet: http://www.environment.dtlr.gov.uk/envrp

INTERESTED IN MAKING OR RENEWING A CORPORATE COMMITMENT?

'Corporate Commitment 21 - the redevelopment of the Making a Corporate Commitment (MACC) campaign'
Telephone: 020 7944 6669. Fax: 020 7944 6659

'Are you doing your bit' - national campaign
Telephone: 020 7944 3131 (campaign office),
0345 868686 (for a consumer information pack or to place a bulk order for 'top tips' leaflets)
Internet: http://www.doingyourbit.org.uk

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